Evidence Reference
Peter W. Edbury, The Kingdom of Cyprus and the Crusades, 1191–1374 (Cambridge, 1991)
Associated with John I of Cyprus
Citation
Peter W. Edbury, The Kingdom of Cyprus and the Crusades, 1191–1374 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991). The standard scholarly reference for the political and dynastic history of Lusignan Cyprus.
Supporting claim
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John I of Cyprus (c. 1268–1285), King of Cyprus and Jerusalem 1284–1285, was the eldest son of Hugh III and Isabella of Ibelin. His brief thirteen-month reign ended with his death in May 1285, aged about seventeen, with no heir. The crowns passed to his younger brother Henry II.